Spike Lee's Prince street party draws crowd of 1,000 people

Filmmaker Spike Lee managed to draw a crowd of roughly 1,000 people for an impromptu street party in honour of Prince.

On Thursday night the party, called PRINCE We Love You Shockadelica Joint, presided from the porch of Lee's Brooklyn headquarters in New York in a purple T-shirt, in homage to the Prince song Purple Rain.

Fans brought their babies and their dogs, and danced to Prince's music.

People dance at a street party hosted by director Spike Lee called "PRINCE We Love You Shockadelica Joint" to celebrate his life and music in the Brooklyn borough of New YorkCredit:
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Police shut down the block for the celebration that lasted long into the night.

The mood was jubilant as people wearing touches of purple swayed and sang along.